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At Jake’s, we have a lot of fun unpacking diaper donations and checking out the cute, awesome, creative and sometimes out-of-this-world designs. For example, this awesome print from the Lalabye Paper series that our co-operation manager just fell in love with. (Who wouldn’t like paper origami on a baby’s behind?)

“We were all stuck, just stuck.” Shortly before Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina September 2018, Alicia Lowe had packed her family and whatever essential belongings they could decide in a matter of hours, to travel to stay with her parents in Tennessee. Alicia and her husband have two children with

Entering parenthood certainly creates lifestyle changes, and for many, this means reassessing finances — sometimes to make ends meet. Such was the case for Melissa Huynh, owner, and creator of Lalabye Baby cloth diapers. “I began using cloth diapers out of necessity when my first child was born,” Melissa said.

Changing a baby’s diaper sometimes involves tears – usually from the little one who doesn’t want their tushie wiped. In the work we do, however, it’s not uncommon that a clean diaper would bring tears of joy to a parent’s eyes. For example, one mom who benefitted from our national

Majestic mountains overlook a fertile valley boasting a variety of agricultural crops. A powerful river flows westward towards beautiful islands and world-famous tulip fields blanket the valley in the spring. This is the picture that those living in Skagit County, Washington, experience in their backyard. But, hidden beneath the beauty

It’s a pretty typical scene: a young child in a family with two working parents. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but of course, things can always change … and change is often abrupt. “My husband had to find a new job and my hours were cut all in the

Locked in generational poverty. That’s how Dawn Hicks of the Focus on Babies Diaper Resource Center of West Plains, Missouri, describes the majority of the families they serve. “Over the years as manufacturing jobs have been lost, we have seen low-paying service jobs become the mainstay for the majority of

At Jake’s Diapers, we’re all about collaboration. We have a collection of Diaper Drop partners who fuel the work we do, sharing the diapers we collect with babies in need. In 2018, however, we recognized certain populations untouched by a potential partner but still in need. So, we launched an

We filled a gap in our programs in 2018 with the launch of our individual aid program to allow parents in the United States to reach out to us directly for cloth diaper kits. Previously, we’ve worked only through partner Diaper Drop locations – but we started to see a

We’re counting down 12 Days of Christmas by celebrating a unique Diaper Drop every day until Christmas. While we have many amazing partners across the world who are utilizing donations of our hygiene products to propel their cause, there are many individuals in need that we have still be unable

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Jake’s Diapers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that solves diaper need for infants, elderly and those with special needs. This is essential for clean, healthy and active lives and creates a sense of dignity for those we serve. When we alleviate the ongoing financial burden of diaper costs, we empower recipients to pursue a higher quality of life.